ST. LOUIS POPULATION HAS FALLEN BY 27.2 PERCENT IN LAST 10 YEARS

Published: March 29, 1981

ST. LOUIS, March 23 UPI)—
- The final 1980 census figures will show that the population of St. Louis dropped to 453,085, a decline of 27.2 percent since 1970, a population analyst has disclosed.

When the final census figures are announced, St. Louis may lead the nation in percentage of population lost in the last 10 years.

The final census figures will be presented to President Reagan next week.

The St. Louis figures show that 45.5 percent, or 206,386, of the city's residents are black. The percentage is up from 40.9 percent in 1970, but there was a decline in the number of blacks that coincided with the overall drop in the city's population.